Citadel(Continued from <strong>Page</strong> 1)—if the man is found guilty byboth the Honor Court and General |Clark, he is ordered to leave barrackswithin twenty-four hours inan unconspicuous a manner aspossible. This avoids what <strong>The</strong>Citadel cadets call an "unnecessaryshow."<strong>The</strong> school itself is located inan urban environment on the leftbank of the Ashley River. It offerstwo major curricula,, arts andsciences with classes, depending onthe major of the cadet, dividedinto every-other-day intervals. <strong>The</strong>Citadel was founded in 1842 as amilitary training school in conjunctionwith the Arsenal Academy;however, it was discontinued atthe close of the Civil War in 1865.In 1882 it was reopened and renamed<strong>The</strong> South Carolina MiUtaryAcademy. <strong>The</strong> name it now bears.<strong>The</strong> Citadel was not adopted until1910. <strong>The</strong> enrollment at this presenttime is approximately^ 2000cadets.<strong>The</strong> military life follows a similarpattern to that of <strong>VMI</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re are(Several differences, however, thatshould make most <strong>VMI</strong> cadets glarewith envy. <strong>The</strong> . Citadel has onlyone parade a week, except onfipecial occasions. <strong>The</strong>re is a roominspection only once every otherday, instead of every day, andtheir big inspection falls on Sat-!urday. This SMI (Saturday MorningInspection) includes both apersonal and a room inspection insteadof a split system practicedhere in Lexington.With all things taken into account,both systems can be seento have striking similarities, but atthe same time, striking differences.Both <strong>VMI</strong> and <strong>The</strong> Citadel areequally proud of their "way ofthinking, however, because theyare both based on long years oftradition and practical practice.Seeing and talking to the cadets of3ur southern neighbor this weekendwill perhaps give <strong>VMI</strong> <strong>Cadet</strong>snew ideas on ways of performingsimilar operations or strengthentheir beliefs in the effectivenessof our style.Complimeats ofLexington HardwareHObart 3 2242ComplimentsofGENE COOK CLEANERSPORTSMOUTH, VA.SUNDAY"Brood Humorr^Nv r.."Highly Resommandedf••wiAKS mmiMiism**IffllBltSlTHOMASWEDNESDAYA story^ ^ trapped1 "" •••• oui-r F^tt, "TMCMBalso Chapliii ComedyRealistic paintings of World War II action in the European andPacific theatres of war are now on exhibit in <strong>VMI</strong>'s Preston Libraryand Scott Shipp Hall. Tlie paintings were made by a specially selectedgroup of artists who were sent into combat zones as membersof the Corps of Engineers.flomecoming ContestTo Highl^ht WeekendThis afternoon's dress parademarked the beginning of <strong>VMI</strong>'s annualHomecoming Weekend. <strong>The</strong>all important game between <strong>The</strong>Citadel and our own "Keydets^* willhighlight this weekend's activitiesalong with a review of the Corpsat 10:30 tomorrow morning, andthe arrival of <strong>The</strong> Citadel <strong>Cadet</strong>s,also scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thatevening there will be an informaldance closing the weekend's festivities.<strong>The</strong>re will also be the traditionalFriday night cheer rally inthe old courtyard, and a meeting ofthe board of directors of the <strong>VMI</strong>Alumni Association.Today's dress parade honored thevisiting General Mark Clark, presidentof <strong>The</strong> Citadel. <strong>The</strong> beautifulafternoon was concluded with aseventeen gun salute honoring thatdistinguished America. Tomorrowmorning there will be anotherparade, honoring this time the returningalumni with a thirteen gunsalute. To facilitate this 10:30 a.m.review there will be no third, fourthor fifth iilass periods Saturdaymorning; however, there will beclasses during the first two periods.General Shell and Mr. J, AddisonHagen, the president of the <strong>VMI</strong>General Alumni Association, willreview this parade.At 10:30 Saturday morning approximately500 Citadel cadets willarrive by train. <strong>The</strong>y will be escortedby <strong>Cadet</strong> Captain EdwardCarlsen and others directly to themess hall where they will beserved lunch. After this meal <strong>The</strong>Citadel Corps will be assigned temporaryrooms in Barracks wherethey may leave their luggage and !relax. <strong>The</strong>se fierce "Bulldogs" willthen form at 1:00 in the afternoonto march to the game. <strong>The</strong> <strong>VMI</strong>Corps will eat lunch a. 12:15 p.m. ,Saturday and then march to the Igame where the Regimental Band 'will play as both Corps take theirseats. <strong>The</strong> band will also performat half-time, in much the samemanner i: did in Washington earlierthis year. At the completion of thegame, the Citadel cadets will eattheir supper in renown CrozetHall, and then pick up their luggagebefore departing for Charlestonat eight o'clock that evening.<strong>The</strong> weekend, of course, centersaround the game between the "Keydets"and <strong>The</strong> Citadel. <strong>The</strong> "Bulldogs",from Charleston, S.C., lead'.he Southern Conference with arecord of four wins and one loss,but <strong>VMI</strong> is close behind with »aslate of three victories against onedefeat in conference play. This'game is a must for both teams as jthe outcome will decide first place I <strong>The</strong> demonstration was interandpossibly the conference crown. | •esting and well worth tiie tinu' ofDedication Is Ke>Of Generai iVIarlt Ci^General Mark Wayne Clark wasborn in Madison Barracks. <strong>New</strong>York on May 1. 1896. He was graduatedfrom the U.S. Military Acadentyand commissioned a secondlieutenant of Infantry in April.General Clark's Fifth Army capturedNaples on October 1; on January22, 1944, more elements of theFifth Army were landed in flahkingmovement at the seaside resortsof Anzio and Nettune andtwenty to six last year, <strong>VMI</strong> canlook for a rough game at the handsof the revenge-minded . Citadelteam. <strong>The</strong> "Keydets", led by ButchNunnaly, will be seeking theirfourth conference championship infive years. With all the laurels atstake, this game should be one ofthe most exciting of the year. <strong>The</strong>Homecoming game will be the BigRed's only home ' contest of theseason. <strong>The</strong> game, starting at 2:00p.m., will be played at Wilson Fieldon the Washington and Lee campus.<strong>VMI</strong> athletic officials are ex-1917. He was promoted to first I thirty miles south of Rome. <strong>The</strong>lieutenant on May 15. 1917 and to Fifth Army captured Rome fromcaptain on August 5. 1917.the Germans on June 4, and twoSoon after he was promoted to v^^eeks later had advanced onecaptain. General Clark joined the | f'^ndred miles. Early m December,1944. General Clark was placed in11th Infantry of the 5th Divisionin France, where he was woundedcommand of the 15th Army Group.,in action in the Vosges Mountains.consisting of the Fifth (U.S.) andHe was assigned next to GeneralEighth (British) Armies, and contprisingall fighting forces in Italy.Staff Headquarters, First AmericanArmy, and participated in theHe held that command until theSt. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensiveand later served with theclose of hostilities in Europe.Third Army in Belgium and Germany.After his return to the UnitedStates in 1919, General Clark wasgiven various assignments includinga Chautauqua circuit tour forthe Adjutant General of the Armyin 1921. He was assigned to theoffice of the Assistant Secretary ofWar from 1921 to 1924 and wasgraduated from the Infantry Schoolat Fort Benning. Ga., in 1925. Hethen served three years at thePresidio of San Francisco with the80th Infantry and from 1929 to1933 was an instructor of the IndianaNational Guard.General Clark was graduatedfrom the Command and GeneralStaff School at Fort Leavienworth,Kansas, in 1935. He then servedfor a year as Deputy Chief of Stafffor the Civilian Conservation Corps,VII Corps Area, at Omaha, Neb-pecting a near capacity crowd be raska. before entering the Armycause of this all important game. | war College. Upon graduation inAn informial dance sponsored by 11937, he was assigned to Fortthe <strong>VMI</strong> Regimental Band will end Lewis, Washington.the weekend's activities. Based on In March, 1940, General Clarkthe Fall season theme, the dance became an instructor at the Armywill feature the <strong>VMI</strong> Commanders, War College. <strong>The</strong> following Augustrecently polled as the best college he was named Assistant Chief ofdance band in the state. <strong>The</strong> uniformfor this dance, and only this Headquarters, U.S. Army. In Jan-Staff for Operations of the Generaldance, will be blouses, due to the uary. 1942, he became Deputy Chiefvisit of the Citadel cadets and the of Staff of the Army Ground Forcesreturning alumni. <strong>The</strong> hop, lasting and in May. 1942. was named Chieffrom 9:00 p.m .until 12:00 midnight,will entitle all attendingcadets to full hop privileges. <strong>The</strong>hop will also feature the importationof 200 girls from far and near.This weekend will be a welcomebreak from the monotonous lifein Barracks. <strong>The</strong> results of theof Staff of that organization.General Clark was assigned inJune, 1942, as Commanding (Generalof the II Corps in England.<strong>The</strong> following month he was namedCommander of the Army GroundForces in the European <strong>The</strong>ater ofOperations and in October, 1942.Homecoming will be of interest to; became Deputy Commander insports fans ali over the South, as Chief of the Allied Forces in thethey anxiously await the outcome of ?^orth African theater.tomorrow's game. Guests, alumni As Deputyand other visitors should find thisweekend a most entertaining phenomenon.Measiiriiig DeviceDemonstrated ByCubit CorporationOn Thursday, <strong>November</strong> 2, RearAdmiral Frank G. Johnson, representingthe Cubic Corporation ofSan Diego, California, demonstratedthe Electrotape, an electronic distancemeasuring instrument, on theparade ground.Commander-in-Chiefof the Anglo-American invasionforces, he flew from Gibraltar toAlgiers on the day following thelanding, <strong>November</strong> 9, 1942. Heimmediately took into protectivecustody Admiral Jean FrancoisDarlan, Commajider in Chief of allFrench Forces. General Clark inducedAdmiral Darlan to repudiatetiie \'icliy regime and order allFrench Forces in northwest andwest Africa to cease resistance tothe Americans and British; thisorder and the collaboration betweenthe Anglo-American and Frenchforces which followed, greatly facilitatedthe conquest of Norlh Africaby the Allied powers.In January. 1943, General Clarkwas designated Commanding Generalof the Fifth Army, the firstAmerican army to be activated intile European theater. With hisheadquarters in Oujda. North Afri-By employing radio wayes Electrotapeis able to measure distancewith remarkable accuracy. Insimplest terms Electrotape mea-, ^a, General Clark spent the nextsures the time it takes for a radiowave to travel from one unit tothe other and back again. Sincethe speed that radio waves travel isknown, it is easy to calculate tiiedistance.After thumping the "Bulldogs" 1 the>e cadets who went to see it.seven months diiecting the trainingof the American and Frenchtroops which composed the FifthArmy. He established infantry andamphibious bas-s on African soiland coordinated activities of seg.ground, jnd aL- forces in planningtiie siwessful amphibious invasioni>f Itjly or. St>pt»jmb-'r 9, 1943.In June, 1945, General Clark wasappointed Commander-in-Chief ofthe U.S. Occupation Forces InAustria and U.S. High Commissionerfor Austria. In that capacity,he rendered distinguished service(Continued on <strong>Page</strong> 5)LAST TIMES SAT.AUDREYm&mtteroMj;vpFHUirmk ^ CNMBUNnejEMESUN. MON. 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<strong>The</strong> Troubadour <strong>The</strong>ater of Washington and Lee Universityopened its <strong>1961</strong>-1962 season with its presentation of "Boy MeetsGirl" by Bella and Samuel Spewack on October 31, <strong>November</strong> 1and 2.PAS DesignatesFirst Class DAS'sOn October twenty-seventh the plan to do civil engineering forAir Science Department announced the Air Force. John Gangemi wantsthe names of fifteen first classmen to work either as a civil engineer\yho havB been chosen as DistinguishedAir Students. 11 has been tigations. Also included toward theor in the Office of Security Inves-the Air Force policy to recognize field of security investigations arethose cadets who, during their Air Clyde Muirheid and Gene Lazaroff.Tom Murphree (the lone re-Force ROTG training, have demonstiratedbutstandihg qualities in servist) and Joe Van Deventer willleadership and overall achievements.Consideration is also given the field of ^meteorology. Closingbe working for the A^u- Force into other Institute activities in out the fifteen is Jim Richardswhich the tenative Distinguished^Air Students participate. <strong>The</strong> sel«cofthese Distinguished <strong>Cadet</strong>sJs made on a best qualified basis.Of this year's Distinguished AirStud«nt group fourteen plan to tak^Regular commissions, if tendered,while one will take a Reserve commission.Bob Bookhamer plans totake flight training upon graduation,as do Ed Carlsen, BobHoward, Jim Hiller, Bill Sydnor,and Monty Williams. Walt Gwallney.Jay Sculley, and Bob Lambertwho will take up navigation.<strong>The</strong>se cadets are eligible to applyfor commissions in the Regular AirForce. If accepted, they will betendered Regular Commissionssubsequent to reporting for activeduty as a Reserve Officer.White TopRest€iurantBeing a good history major, and'vherefore a storehouse of uselessinformation, I wish to bring to yourattention th« fact that paper boundbooks were formerly known as"penny-dreadfuls" and were writtenin an other-world style. It is inan other-world style that I wish topresent to you this vveek's thriller,"Tom Swift and His WonderfulGreen Bookcase, or Through theBarracks with Cap'n Penn.""One, 'two, three, four!" muttersthe cheerful Cap'n. Penn as he |over the third and fourth dogsstruck while driving up LetcherAvenue. He reaches in the glovecompartment for a final plug ofLysol, and wiping his lips daintly,tears a page at random from hisprep-school gig guide. Reading itirriefly, he stuffs it in his tunic,dismounts from his vehicle, andstumps if of! to Headquarters,Headquarters Company."One, two, three, four!" exultsCap'n Penn as he pushes past agroup of room orderlies, some ofgasps for breath between swallows whom have been waiting since sunupto get their fair share of quibbleof his favorite breakfast cocktail, jLysol. "One, two, three, four!" ex- j sheets. "Cowabunga," whisper theclaims the masterful Cap'n Penn as, | room orderlies as they cringe backin rising, he upends the table over to the waH.his wife.Sliding down the stoop and' "Got'cha, three, four!" he shouts crawling past doorsteps, Cap'n Pennin a paroxysm of glee as he bowls' reaches the far side of the barracks,brushes Tils Tunfc, staresdistastefully at his image in thesinks window, glances at the pagefrom his prep-school g. g. and forcesopen his first door."Ha! Crooked water pipes!"croaks Cap'n Penn."But Sir!" stammers a roomorderly as he frantically concealsthe Lysel."No buts. One, two, three, four!"Cap'n Penn smiles vacantly, gesturingfor emphasis. He notes theempty green bookcase with evidentsatisfaction and strolls outas the room orderly begins tostraighten the pipes.Reaching the end of tlie sloop,Cap'n Penn disappears in a clou(lof smoke to reapper minutes latei*in the form of his familiar, whitecot in the courtyard.Moral: White doesn't necessarilydesignate the good guys.•'TAYMAN'SMobil Service2704 Good Hope Rd., S. E-Washington 20, D. C.We Deliver and Wire FlowersFor All OccasionsTHE FLOWER CENTERHO 3 4521<strong>The</strong> Best In Food<strong>VMI</strong> WELCOMELexington, Va.MAKE RESERVATIONS AT THELEXINGTON MOTELSouth End of US 11 By-Pass, Free Continental Breakfast, TV, PhonesHO 3-2151JOHN McKENNA, HostFORYOURLife InsuranceNEEDSANDJ. M. B. LEWIS, HI COUNSELING<strong>VMI</strong>, '54 4SEEJ. M. B. LEWIS, III—Representing—SHENANDOAH LIFEINSURANCE COMPANYWSLS Building DI 5-0933 Roanoke, Va.Here's how 1029 students at 100 colleges votedExpect more...get more fromL'M<strong>The</strong> rich-flavor leaf amongL&M's choice tobaccos give*^u more body in the blend,..nfiore flavor In the smoke• • • more taste through thefilter. Get lots more-L&M!Try best tasting L&M today ...in pack or box'9)(0U/8 Of «y// ///MyB/doed jo^ 9U9jaBioi««Aiuims»ic ••q^uoui iuBqissai»»epi09'
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